PCR detection of Yersinia pestis in fleas: Comparison with mouse inoculation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1980-1984

  Engelthaler, David M ^b   Gage, Kenneth L ^a,b   Montenieri, John A ^b   Chu, May ^b   Carter, Leon G ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA PROBE; FLEA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0032939107     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.1980-1984.1999     Document Type: Article

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